Gillian Ward Russell is a concert organist of renown. She believes in the power of music to communicate, and her performances always generate an enthusiastic response from the audience.
From recitals at St Paul's Cathedral, London to other venues throughout the UK, Europe, and the USA, Gillian has won a reputation not only for virtuosic playing but also for crafting her programmes to appeal to each individual audience. She enjoys giving verbal introductions so as to gain an immediate rapport with her listeners.
Major recitals in 2008 took Gillian to Germany, where she appeared for the first time in Backnang, performing on the new organ in the cathedral, and in many of last year's recitals she marked the anniversaries of Vaughan Williams and Messiaen, while her esteemed knowledge of early nineteenth-century English music was shared in a presentation in Norwich. Among recent additions to her repertoire have been 'Maldon Suite', composed specially for her by Ronald Watson, and the Concerto for Organ and Piano by Flor Peeters.
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